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Joel Hanrahan confirmed the news to reporters on Tuesday after being activated from the disabled list. Bailey has posted a stellar 1.46 ERA, 0.81 WHIP and 20/4 K/BB ratio in 12 1/3 innings of work this season. As long as he keeps pitching well, the Red Sox will keep rolling him out there in save situations. Hanrahan will serve as a setup man.

J.T. Realmuto (back) said Monday morning that he is confident he'll be fine for the start of the regular season.

Realmuto has been sidelined for a week because of a lower back contusion, but he's due to ramp up his activity level over the next couple of days. "I'll be ready for Opening Day," he told reporters Monday. "I'm very confident, yes ... It's definitely getting better." The 27-year-old ranks as a top-four fantasy catcher leading into 2018 after batting .278/.332/.451 with 17 home runs and eight stolen bases in 141 games last year.

Madison Bumgarner was in midseason form against the Rockies, holding them scoreless over six innings in a 13-0 skunking Sunday.

Bumgarner served up just one hit, a double, and walked two while striking out five in the contest. For good measure, he also hit a solo homer in the seventh inning. The all-everything Giants ace is a half-notch below the upper echelon of fantasy starters, but he's still one of the best and will rightfully be taken in the early rounds of drafts in the next few weeks.

Yan Gomes went 2-for-4 with five RBI, including a grand slam, as a split-squad Indians team took it to the Mariners 16-3 on Sunday.

In his return from minor arm soreness, Gomes knocked an RBI double in the first inning before coming up with the sacks jacked in the third. He unclogged them with the slam, his third homer of the Cactus League calendar. The backstop has had some health issues in recent years but should be the bigger half of a timeshare with Roberto Perez behind the plate if healthy.

Amir Garrett spun four near-perfect innings Sunday en route to a 6-3 win over the Diamondbacks in Cactus League play.

Garrett yielded just one hit and one walk while striking out four in the outing. The southpaw now has a 1.38 ERA 0.69 WHIP and 15 strikeouts in 13 innings this spring as he battles for a rotation spot. He fired out of the gate early last year as well before injury and inconsistency caught up to him, marring his final line, but the talent is obviously there. It will continue to be a camp battle worth monitoring as we inch closer to Opening Day.

Matt Joyce clobbered a pair of home runs, including a grand slam, as the Athletics routed the White Sox 14-0 on Sunday.

Joyce got the A's on the board in a hurry in this one, leading off with a solo shot off of White Sox' starter James Shields. He then broke the game open with a grand slam off of top prospect Michael Kopech in the fourth inning. The long balls were the first two homers for Joyce who is having a rough spring, hitting just .179.

Nick Tropeano struck out nine Rangers over 5 1/3 scoreless innings Sunday, leading the Angels to a 4-2 victory.

Dominant is a word, one of many that could be used to describe Tropeano on this afternoon. He yielded just two hits, both singles, and walked two while fanning the nine hitters. The right-hander has a 3.12 ERA in 8 2/3 Cactus League innings in his bid for a spot in the Angels' six-man rotation. Sunday surely helped, and he'll have at least one more opportunity to make an impression before camp breaks.

Martin Perez limited the Angels to one run on three hits over five innings in a Cactus League start Sunday.

Perez allowed three hits and a walk while striking out one in what was his spring debut. He'd been sidelined after offseason surgery to repair a fracture in his non-throwing elbow. Assuming he continues to show well, the southpaw should earn a spot in the Rangers' rotation to start the year.

Jorge Soler went 3-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored in the Royals' 11-9 win over the Cubs in Cactus League play Sunday.

Soler lost a lot of helium after a disastrous 2017 season in which he hit .144/.245/.258 in the 35 games he did play, but that just means he's a post-hype sleeper for 2018. That sleeper tag only goes so far -- we'll likely need to see some real results this year before jumping all the way back on board -- but he's a name worth watching given how high his ceiling was just a few years ago.

Hunter Renfroe hit his fifth home run of Cactus League play in a 2-1 win over the Dodgers on Sunday.

Renfroe has now homered in back to back games and is rounding into form as Opening Day approaches. The outfielder has always had mammoth power and swatted 26 dingers in 2017. His contact ability will be what determines how far he'll go, but the pop makes him worth a late-round pick in most mixed leagues.

Yandy Diaz went 3-for-3 with an RBI single and a run scored as the Indians blitzed the Cubs 11-4 in Cactus League action Sunday.

Diaz continued his strong spring with the three-hit effort, which gave him 14 hits in 34 Cactus League at-bats to date. The Indians don't have any openings for him at the moment -- Jose Ramirez is entrenched at third base, especially with Jason Kipnis' resurgence this spring -- but Diaz should contribute at some point in 2018.

Christian Yelich reached all four times he came to the plate Sunday, going 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored, also walking twice, in a 7-3 win over the Dodgers.

Yelich led off the game with his first homer as a member of the Brew Crew, then delivered a two-run single in the fourth inning. The Brewers' big offseason acquisition is primed for a huge year in Milwaukee, moving to a hitter-friendly park with an arguably better lineup than the one he left in Miami. Dream on.